Palace of Justice siege

The Palace of Justice siege occurred on 6 November 1985 when the M-19, financed by narcotics trafficker Pablo Escobar, took over the Palace of Justice building in Bogota, Colombia. 35 militants took over the Supreme Court and made demands about the redistribution of wealth and an end to injustice and tyranny, but the Colombian Army decided to storm the building. The M-19 guerrillas under Ivan Torres burned 6,000 files containing evidence against Escobar, and they killed almost half of the 25 Supreme Court justices. The ensuing storming of the building left the 35 M-19 guerrillas, 48 Colombian Army soldiers, and 105 civilians dead, and the attack was a blow to the Colombian government and DEA.